In Self-trust All The Virtues Are Comprehended.

As Soon As A Child Has Left The Room His Strewn Toys Become Affecting.

True Friends Are Two People Who Are Comfortable Sharing Silence Together.

It Is Defeat Which Educates Us.

I Now Require This Of All Pictures, That They Domesticate Me, Not That They Dazzle Me. Pictures Must Not Be Too Picturesque. Nothing Astonishes Men So Much As Common-sense And Plain Dealing. All Great Actions Have Been Simple, And All Great Pictures Are.

An Original Sentence, A Step Forward, Is Worth More Than All The Censures.